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Page 12A, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, May 11,2022
May Recognized as Motorcycle
Safety Awareness Month
Special to the Ledger
May is Motorcycle
Safety Awareness
Month and The Georgia
Motorcycle Safety Pro
gram (GMSP) reminds
all motorists to comply
with rider laws and to
“Share the Road.” In
2020, there were 192
motorcycle fatalities and
834 motorcycle serious
injuries in Georgia, a
13% and 18% increase
from the previous year.
Motorcycle Safety
Month and the Share
the Road campaign are
a call to action to reduce
these numbers.
The key components
of motorcycle safety are
motorist awareness of
motorcycles, motorcycle
rider education, helmet
use, and compliance
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with traffic laws.
Georgia is one of 19
states and the District
of Columbia that has a
universal helmet law re
quiring all motorcyclists
to wear helmets. Data
released by the National
Highway Traffic Safety
Administration estimat
ed helmets to be 37%
more effective in pre
venting fatal injuries to
motorcyclists. Helmets
must be DOT compliant,
and the GMSP recom
mends a full-face helmet
for the most protection.
In addition to wearing a
helmet, motorcyclists are
required by Georgia law
to be properly licensed
to operate their vehicle
without restrictions.
Vote and Elect
Dennis Roland
Proudly We Hail
Dennis Roland
District One - Lee County Commission
Vote
Vote
Common Sense
Conservative
Experience Does Matter
If you have questions, I may be contacted at 869-8345
SCect Dennis Roland
to each individual and
Organization, the speak
er, Lieutenant Colonel
(Retired) Brian Wayne
Lassitter presented an
excellent program on
Honoring America by
supporting America and
flying the Flag daily and
correctly.
LT Colonel Lassitter
is currently executive
staff leader at Heritage
Church in Moultrie, GA.
He also serves on board
of United Way and
the Serenity House in
Coquitt County. He has
been the CEO and own
er of a leadership and
consulting firm focused
on training and equip
ping leaders in multiple
industries.
He served a long
distinguished military
career serving in numer
ous assignments such as
Operation Storm/Desert
Shield. Operation Iraqi
Freedom, Operation
Enduring Freedom and
in many other countries
including Bosnia, El
Salvador, Honduras and
Guatemala.
He has dozens of Dec
orations including the
Legion of Merit, Bronze
Star, and Purple Heart
to name just a few.
Thank you to all the
Honorees and LT Colo
nel Lassiter for allowing
us to Honor you for
supporting America!
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Special to Ledger
The Exchange Club of
Albany presented one of
the most important Pro
grams that we do all year
by Honoring Individuals
and Organizations that
fly the American Flag
each day.
Purpose of Proudly We
Hail
No symbol inspires re
spect and love of country
more than our American
flag — the Stars and
Stripes. That is why
Exchange encourages all
Americans to properly
fly the flag as an ongo
ing, highly visible ex
pression of that respect
through the Proudly We
Hail program.
Proudly We Hail
honors those Ameri
cans who do display the
nation’s banner properly
and regularly. Recogni
tion is in the form of a
beautiful plaque spe
cially designed for this
purpose.
The Exchange Club
Honored the following
individuals and Organi
zations:
Jim and Kelly Smith
Gillionville Baptist
Church
John and Alice Carroll
Climate Masters (un
fortunately they were
not available but will be
presented the Plaque at a
later date)
Stan and Elyse Brown
After the Presentations
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To' Get Keady for Spring!
Air Filters • Pest Control
Paint & Paint Supplies
Cleaning Products & Supplies
Cypress
Mulch &
Pine Straw
Yard & Fertilizers
Garden & Weed
Tools Control
** LUMBER & HARDWARE «*
Full Line of Hardware And Building Materials
153 Robert B. Lee
Leesburg, Ga
759-2963
A locally-owned family
business, supplying
building materials to south
Georgia since 1898!
School System
Retirees Honored
Full Line of Hardware And Building Materials
Appreciation was
shown to the Lee
County School System
educators and staff
members that will be re
tiring this school term.
A retirement celebration
was held May 9th, 2022
at the board of educa
tion office.
School system em
ployees retiring are
Dave Baltenberger
LCHS teacher, Deborah
Baltenberger LCHS
teacher, Doris Cannon
TOES teacher, Chuck
Cooper TOES teacher,
Robert Ellington LCES
teacher, Sharon King
LCMS-W teacher, Vicki
Lawton LCHS media
para, Deborah Long
LCPS receptionist, De-
wana Lowe LCMS-W
teacher, Shelly McBur-
nett bus driver, Kelly
McConnelll pre-k teach
er, Edgar Reaver LCH
teacher, Susan Simmons
LCES teacher, Jan
Spurgeon TOES custo
dian, Yolanda Thacker
LCES teacher, Tamela
Thomas pre-k teacher,
Janet Underwood TOEs
receptionist, Eugene
Walker grounds and
Bettye Yancey TOES
food service.
PARENTS
YOU ARE INVITED TO
STEM DAY
SCIENCE. TECHNOLOGY. ENGINEER
ING. MATHEMATICS.
© Lee County Middle School East
May 13, 2022
Title 1 Annual Review
Gth Grade:
7th Grade:
Solar Power
Building
Irrigation
12:30-2:30
Biomes
12:30-2:30
8th Grade:
Roller Coasters
12:30-2:30